PRI Loc. 1754 (sample 22, repilcate A) - Anastasia Fm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Palm Beach County, Florida (26.7° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 80.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anastasia Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Presumably from Anastasia Fm. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation. See Sellards (1912) for original description - Sellards, E. H., 1912, Florida Geological Survey Fourth Annual Report, p. 1-79.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy siltstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Sleight in 1948; reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: V.G. Sleight, 1948. REPOSITORY: PRI.

Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69085: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Abbott (1974) [PBDB Ref# 19379].
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail
IDENTIFIED AS: M. pacei
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica Say 1822 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Stewartia floridana Conrad 1833 clam
"Callucina radians" = Callucina keenae Chavan 1971 clam
Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758 clam
Radiolucina amianta Dall 1901 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella), "Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina)
"Moerella sp." = Tellina (Moerella) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
"Eurytellina sp." = Tellina (Eurytellina) Fischer 1887 tellin clam
IDENTIFIED AS: S. anodonta
 Cardiida -
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Anomalocardia auberiana" = Anomalocardia cuneimeris Conrad 1846 venus clam
"Dosinia elegans" = Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans Conrad 1838 venus clam
IDENTIFIED AS: D. acetabulum
Transennella stimpsoni Dall 1902 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838 clam
IDENTIFIED AS: Cardita arata